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BILL NUMBER:S4754

TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to reduction of positions based upon seniority with an employer

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

This legislation amends the civil service law as it relates to sworn members of the Suffolk County Police Department who, because of economic conditions, consolidation or abolition of function, or curtailment of activities, have had their positions in the competitive class abolished or reduced in rank or salary grade. Through this legislation, reduction of sworn members of the Suffolk County Police Department shall be predicated upon original appointment on a permanent basis in the grade or title in the service of the Suffolk County Police Department.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section One amends Section 80 of the Civil Service Law by requiring that reductions in this particular workforce be handled in inverse order based upon original appointment to the particular position.

Section Two is the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

With the threat of layoffs and reductions within the County of Suffolk Police Force, the organization representing the sworn members of the police force request that the reduction position be based upon time in grade or title rather than total time on the job. The legislature has previously enacted similar legislation for the City of Buffalo, the City of New York, the Monroe County Sheriff's Department, and the Nassau County Police Force.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

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STATE OF NEW YORK
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4754
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 22, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to reduction of posi-
tions based upon seniority with an employer
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 1-d of section 80 of the civil service law, as
added by chapter 731 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
1-d. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this
section, the sworn members of the police force of the county of Nassau
AND THE SWORN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK shall
be subject to the following procedure. Where, because of economy,
consolidation or abolition of functions, curtailment of activities or
otherwise, positions in the competitive class are abolished or reduced
in rank or salary grade, suspension or demotion, as the case may be,
among incumbents holding the same or similar positions shall be made in
the inverse order of original appointment on a permanent basis in the
grade or title in the service of the governmental jurisdiction in which
such abolition or reduction of positions occurs, subject to the
provisions of subdivision seven of section eighty-five of this chapter.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, however, upon the
abolition or reduction of positions, those employees who have not
completed their probationary service shall be suspended or demoted, as
the case may be, before any permanent incumbents, and among such proba-
tionary employees the order of suspension or demotion shall be deter-
mined as if such employees were permanent incumbents.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10018-01-3

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